Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-06-16

the acquittal Of Edward Layton: spare no
expense. III $1,000. 900 IL necessary. n
- at Your command. Send to- me by
every mail fun and detailed accounts OF
your movements and proceedings; omit
no'hinS. anu make your own charge for
shis and Tor everything else You perform
In the task ask you ia favor to under
lake. Your reply Immediately by cable
VIII obhyc, and, up 10 100 words, f. pre-
paid. do not wish Edward Layton ~
Know that have requested your media.
aon on his behalf. II Is n matter entirely
and conildcntially between you and me. I
write TO you by the ont going mail Per-
haps you may obtslnsome useful infornia-
ion from Mr.. James Rutland: cannot
furnish you with the gentleman's address
but Edward layton and he were once
friends. 4"
DR. Daincourt drew n deep breath
Startling indeed" he said "Thfs
Archibald Laing must be the man OF
whom wa have heard as making an inn
mense fortune by specializing at the right
moment TN the silver mines. If so, he. Ia
good for millions Do you know any
thing Of him?"
Not personally" replied tho lawyer,
only from report and hearsay. lie Is GA
Engifshman, md must he an amazingly
I
Us partly proved by this cable, In which
no words nrc spared TO make his meaning
clear"
While he was speaking 10 his friond, tho
lawyer WINS busily engaged writing upon
blank telegraph form, which was in
closed in the envelope delivered 10y the
messenger.
what will you do I'm the mattcr7"
asked DIR. Daincsurt.
Here Is my reply" said tho lawyer,
and he reaG u aloud
"From Mr.. Bainbridgc, Q. c., Harley
street, London. TO Archibald I.ainC. BJx
i2jo, Il. o., Pittsburg, u. 3.
"'Yu,rr cable received. I undertake tho
COZ mission, and will uso every effort To
establish Iayton's Innocence, IN which 1
nrinly believe. There is n mystery I'm
tho matter, and Iwill do my best to get
at tho heart of it. will write TO you ms
you desiro.' "
lie touched the bell and the servant mp
poarcd.
Give this TO the telegraph boy" he
said, and pay his cab fare To the tclc-
graph Office in order that there shnll bc
no delay"
When the servant hal departed. the
lawyer rose from his chair and puced the
room slowly In deep thought. and II was
during the intervals In his reflections that
tho conversation between him and DR.
Da!ncourt was carried on
rs 1t not very strange" said tho law
yer, that nm advised In this cable mos
sage to seek information from the one
jurymRn who pronounced Layton limo
cent, and whose address l have not o..
taincdS"
Yes, it is indeed" replied DIR. ID Jn.
conrt, ''vcry STRANGE
"Of course l shall find him: thcrt will
not be the least difficulty in TINT respect.
Tell nc, doctor. IL wns proved nj tho
trial that Mrs Iayton's death was caused
by an overdose Of inorphia, taken iu the
form OF cffcrvcscing lozenlrs IL was cs-
tahlish"d that she was occasionally I'm tho
habit of taking one Of these lozcnges nj
night to prodrcs sleep, md her maid
sworo that her mistress mover took more
than ono, being aware of the danger OF an
overdose. The usual mode Of ndmiuistcr-
ing these noxtous opiascs is by placing ono
In the mouth md allowing IL to dissolve:
hut they will dissolve in water, and the
medical evidence proved that at least eight
or ten OF tho poisonous loZengcs must
have been administered I'm this way. I'm
one dose, TO the unfortunate lady The
glass from which the liquid was drunk
was found, not by her bedside, but on the
mantcl sholf. which IN ut some distance
'HN 49, ~ iS u lulufll Inference.
III the unfortunate woman had admin
istered tho desc to herself, that the glass
would have been found OH the table by
her bedside. Ii was not so found, md tho
maid declares that lar mistress wns too
weak to got out Of bed and return TO il
unhtded. Those facts, il they be facts,
circumstantially prove that the cause OF
death lay outside tho actiona OF the inva.
10 ncrscn. The maid states that when
sho left her lnistross the bottle containing
about n dozen lozeuges was on the table
by hor mistress bedside, and also glass
and dccnnter az water; and Tint when
aho visited her mistress between and
q clock in the morning there were no loz.
shgeS left in the bottle, md the glass from
which they acre supposed 10 bc taken.
dissolved an water, was on tho mnntcl
shell. Now, in my Wow. this circum-
stance Is in favor of the prisoner
II cannot sec that" observed DR.. Dain-
court.
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